General Maintenance & Repairs - Head lights flip when car is locked and unlocked

title says it all, and i don't know why its happening. as for the weird sound, it might be the light motor thats giving up because i have notice it has had problems picking up. the lights going up and down when locking and unlocking might be a wire problem but why all of a sudden? anyone had this problem before? i havent changed the alarm, its the stock one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOVqS7_Ca9A

It's one of the "modes" the alarm can be configured to.

Read the manual, and it's all in there. If you've lost your manual: http://www.camarohighway.com/Manuals/

As for the sound, it's the gear in the headlight motor that's given up. There's tons of info on how to do a quick-fix for it (rotate it 180 degrees), and someone out there selling a brass replacement that fixes the problem permanently.

/James

My 98 ta did the same thing replace the gear in the headlight motor or flip it over and it will stop making the sound and going up and down when you set the alarm

anything you might need to know:
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/headlightfix/index.htm#FreeGuide
Id go with the free mod and just flip the gear 180 degrees for now, but I encourage to read the whole page.

I had the same problem. Flipped the gear around, it was fine for a while. Then I ended up replacing the head light motor down the road.

Yep you need to do the 180* fix on the gear. It fixed my car.

Same here flip the gears are get brass ones. got mine from classic industries

Time to repair the gear

Read my sticky in the Firebird forum....
http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177470

P.s... Do you mine if I use your video in my sticky?

I dont get this...

"This next part is important! You now need to, while CLOSELY watching the motor shaft, rotate the raise/lower manual knob so the motor shaft turns exactly 180 degrees (or half a revolution). Once you have completed this, reattach the headlight raise lower arm. What you have just done is made it so the actual motor gear will now be in contact with the *other* half of the plastic gear. Sure, the teeth on the plastic gear are stripped, but they are stripped on the now unused side of the gear :) "

I dont get this...

"This next part is important! You now need to, while CLOSELY watching the motor shaft, rotate the raise/lower manual knob so the motor shaft turns exactly 180 degrees (or half a revolution). Once you have completed this, reattach the headlight raise lower arm. What you have just done is made it so the actual motor gear will now be in contact with the *other* half of the plastic gear. Sure, the teeth on the plastic gear are stripped, but they are stripped on the now unused side of the gear :) "

Thats right, and the good teeth are now on the USED side of the gear.

What don't you get??????? :D

ok, wait i think i got it. when i take it out from the SHAFT,i then go to the MANUAL RAISE KNOB, and turn it 180 degrees. then reconnect it back to the SHAFT?

thats correct now your using the unused portion

whats the point of taking it off from the SHAFT then? if ima reconnect it back...

whats the point of taking it off from the SHAFT then? if ima reconnect it back...

Because it will over-crank in the direction you turn it.

Just take the shaft off and do it. This has been done 1 million times.

:chug:

lol i took all the three damn screws holding the damn motor... i thought i had to take them all off but i was doing the method of replacing the gear... idiot!

dont worry when you do your other headlight you'll be a pro

alright i just got done doing or i should atleast say tried doing the 180 fix and it seems like its still doing the noise... am i suppose to turn the MANUAL RAISE KNOB left or right? (i know i know, do it after you have taken it off from the SHAFT)

You guys know where the brass gears are cheaper at? i know 85 buks aint much but just wondering. SAME gear dealing with this thread went out... :mad: and my passenger light hasnt given up. W T H ! !